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All the 1p19q codeleted gliomas are mutated on IDH1 or IDH2.
Neurology - 8 Jun 2010
Labussière M, Idbaih A, Wang X-W, Marie Y, Boisselier B, Falet C, Paris S, Laffaire J, Carpentier C, Crinière E, Ducray F, El Hallani S, Mokhtari K, Hoang-Xuan K, Delattre J-Y, Sanson M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, the gene encoding the human cytosolic NADPH-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1) was reported frequently mutated in gliomas. Rare mutations were also found in the sequence of the mitochondrial isoform IDH2. METHODS: In a series of 764 gliomas genome-wide characterized, we determined the presence of mutations in the sequences of both IDH1 and IDH2 genes by direct sequencing. RESULTS: We...
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